Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

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

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.