A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

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

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

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

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

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

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

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

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.