One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.