A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

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

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

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

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

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

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.