A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

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

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

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

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

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