Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

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.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.