The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

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

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

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

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

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

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.