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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

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

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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