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

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

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

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

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

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

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

An annual goat race takes place within the walls of this medieval castle.

A floating bridge leaning on barges allows pedestrians to reach the historical center.

In this medieval church, a centuries-old stuffed crocodile hangs from the ceiling.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

Once the hunting reserve of a noble family, this is one of the few remnants of Pleistocene planitial forest in northern Italy that still stands.

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.

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

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

Wander through a maze of empty tombs to find the poles used to hang revolutionary patriots.

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

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

The "floating factory" was a highlight in the career of the Italian architect known for his unusual use of reinforced concrete.

In a tower at this centuries-old castle, members of a noble family were imprisoned and left to starve.