The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

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