Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

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

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

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

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

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

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.