A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

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

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.