The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

This fiberglass version of the Awakening sculpture by Seward Johnson, now resides in its third location in Italy, in Viterbo.

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

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

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

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

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