You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

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

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

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

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

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

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

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

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.