A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

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

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

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