Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

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

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

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

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

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

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.