People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

Something's watching you.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.