Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

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

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

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