Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

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

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

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

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

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.