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.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

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.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

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

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

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

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.