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

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

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

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

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

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

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

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

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

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

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.