Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

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

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.