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

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

Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

The only Malaysian food truck in Italy slings tangy chicken satay that even Italians love.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.

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

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

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

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

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

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

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.