A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

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

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

This megalithic tomb was crafted by a mysterious civilization that settled the island of Pantelleria.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.