Italy COV

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

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