Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The middle finger of modernity.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.