Balestrino, Italy
Balestrino Ghost Village
Abandoned medieval hill town.
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Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Doganella di Ninfa, Italy
Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.
Venice, Italy
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Triora, Italy
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Rome, Italy
A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Rome, Italy
A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Rome, Italy
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.