The hermit's humble home is hidden near the forested peak of Monte Marrone.

A two-hour hike in the Orfento Valley leads to the remote ruins.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

This crescent-shaped beach is said to glow under the light of a full moon.

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

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

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

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

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

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

The second-highest village in Lazio has attracted artists for 400 years and is now a spectacular open-air art gallery.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.