This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

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

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

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

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.