Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Venice's island of the dead.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.