The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.

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

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

Typewriter museum housing more than 1,500 machines preserves the history of the grandfather of computers.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.