Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

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

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

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

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

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

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

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

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

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

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

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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