A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

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

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

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

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.