A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

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

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

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

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

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

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

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

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.