As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

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

A marker honors the brief peace found by a tormented artist in the fictional land of Kcymaerxthaere.

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

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The middle finger of modernity.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

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

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

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.