The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

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

Three underground crypts and a pointed arch under the bell tower make this cathedral unique among Romanesque churches.

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

A fossil of a 30 million-year-old fish is unexpectedly hidden thousands of feet above sea level.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

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

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

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

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

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.