One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

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

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

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

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

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

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.