This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

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

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."