A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

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

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

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

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

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

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

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

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

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