The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

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

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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

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

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.