The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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