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

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

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

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

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

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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

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

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

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

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

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

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

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.