A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

An Italian hillside ghost town.