Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

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

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

A medieval tower with a suspended iron cage used as an open-air jail for criminals who were exposed as a warning.

An architectural oddity where the triglyphs of the courtyard of walls create an optical illusion.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

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

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

This Volcano-like rest area was designed by architect Giulio Ceppi built according to energy efficiency and ecological footprint standards.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.