Trip in italy

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

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

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.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

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

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

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

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

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

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

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

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

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

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.