Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.

Geological storytelling.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.