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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Once the hunting reserve of a noble family, this is one of the few remnants of Pleistocene planitial forest in northern Italy that still stands.

A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This war memorial holds the remains of around 20,000 World War I soldiers from both sides of the conflict.

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

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

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.