An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

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

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.