A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

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

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A town whose main resource was blue asbestos... what could possibly go wrong?