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

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

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

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

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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

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

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.