The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

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

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

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

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

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

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.