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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

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

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

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The middle finger of modernity.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.