A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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

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

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

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

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.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.