A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

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

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

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

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.