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

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

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

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

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

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

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

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

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

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.