A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

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

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

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

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.