A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

The first Italian factory to produce locomotives is now a marvelous museum.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.