An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

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

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

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

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.