An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

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

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

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

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

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

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

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.