The ruins of this medieval castle now stand as a monument against all wars.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

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

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

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

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.

An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

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