Places Tuur510 Wants to Go

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.