A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

A fossil of a 30 million-year-old fish is unexpectedly hidden thousands of feet above sea level.

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

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.