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

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

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

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

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

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

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.