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

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

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

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.