"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

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

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

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

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.