A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

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

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.