Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.