Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

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

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

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

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.