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

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

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

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

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

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

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

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.