Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.