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

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

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

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

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

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

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

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

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