A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

A monumental private palace behind an unassuming facade, with astonishing interiors including a rococo ballroom.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.