Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

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

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

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

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.