An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

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

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

Wander through the Corridor of Wonders in these stunning limestone caverns.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.