A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

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

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

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

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

Perched above a grotto, this tribute to Mother Nature looks out into the ocean.

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

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

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A unique combination of a lighthouse and a poignant memorial to the fallen of the two world wars.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The Gaudí-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernism.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.