A completely underground tour following the path of the most precious element: water.

The largest civilian satellite control center in the world is located in the middle of a drained lake.

The first Italian factory to produce locomotives is now a marvelous museum.

A giant owl named Rocco oversees mythical woodland creatures along these charming mountain trails.

An abandoned piece of phallic art repurposed by locals into a makeshift fertility shrine.

The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

This splendid mosaic embodies ancient Rome's fascination with the exotic allure of Egypt.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

Typewriter museum housing more than 1,500 machines preserves the history of the grandfather of computers.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.