The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.