Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

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

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The middle finger of modernity.

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