This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.