This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.