Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

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

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This splendid mosaic embodies ancient Rome's fascination with the exotic allure of Egypt.

A memorial to Brazil's little-known role in World War II.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

A wild annual race in Sardinia re-enacts Constantine's victory in Rome.

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.

This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.

Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.

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

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

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.