This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

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

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

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