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

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

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

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.