This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

This brightly-colored chapel is a contemporary jewel standing in the middle of a La Morra vineyard.

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

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

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.

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

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

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

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

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

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

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

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.