This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

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

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

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

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

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

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

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

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.

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

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

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

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.