The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

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

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

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.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.