Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

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

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

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

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

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

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.