An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

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

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

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

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.