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Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The middle finger of modernity.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

From maqui pisco sours to mote-mushroom risotto, the “Mapuchef” elevates endemic ingredients and celebrates Mapuche foodways.

In a corner of Santiago's largest market, this inventive Mapuche eatery shows "ancestral cuisine" doesn't have to mean old-fashioned.