A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

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

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

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

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.