These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

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

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

Venice's island of the dead.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.