Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

A small villa said to have inspired the design of the court jester at the heart of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

The middle finger of modernity.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.