Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
Ponte della Maddalena
A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.
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Borgo a Mozzano, Italy
A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.
Praia A Mare, Italy
The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.
Pozzuoli, Italy
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy
A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.
Sciacca, Italy
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.
Sirmione, Italy
One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.
Roccascalegna, Italy
This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Muraglione, Italy
Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.
Padua, Italy
The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."
Stazzema, Italy
A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.
Realmonte, Italy
"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.
Furore, Italy
A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.
Perca, Italy
These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Rome, Italy
This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.
Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Rocca di Papa, Italy
This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.
Bagni San Filippo, Italy
Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Rome, Italy
In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.
Florence, Italy
An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.