Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Venice's island of the dead.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

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

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

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

A medieval castle was used for centuries as a hemp farm.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.