The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

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