On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

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

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.