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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

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

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

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

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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