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

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

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

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

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

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

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 Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

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

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

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