Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

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

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

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The middle finger of modernity.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.