Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

The oldest-known example of a historic architectural style recognized by UNESCO.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.