Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.