The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

This ancient Roman bridge was a key feature of the ancient Via Salaria road.

These pillars at the main entrance of this church are actually a hidden musical instrument.

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

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.

This iconic rock hermitage was once the abode of a future pope.

One of the earliest relics of Italian art is this ornately equipped stone soldier.

You can only access this hermitage by crawling under a ledge suspended above an overhang.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

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

This mysterious ancient arch is hidden in the forest of Simbruini Mountains Regional Park.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

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

A Roman calendar dating to the first century is tucked away in a small town alley.

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

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Underground monastery and fortress.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.