Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

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

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.