This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.