The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

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

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

This historic line is a remnant of an ambitious and unconventional project that today provides panoramic views of the Ligurian mountains.

This Gothic revival structure has been a family home, a military base, a gymnastics center, and is now owned by one of the largest auction houses in Italy.

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

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.