Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

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

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

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

Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.