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

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

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

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

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.