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.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

Its look is severe, but its location, isolated on a hill in the middle of the countryside, is particularly scenic.

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

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.