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This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

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

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

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

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

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

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.