Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.