Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

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

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

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

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.