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

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

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

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

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

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

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

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

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

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