Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

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

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.