The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

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

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

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 only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

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

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

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

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.