Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

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

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

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

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.