Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

This brightly-colored chapel is a contemporary jewel standing in the middle of a La Morra vineyard.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

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

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A medieval castle was used for centuries as a hemp farm.

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

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.