This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

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

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

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

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

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

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

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

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

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

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

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

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.