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One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

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

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.