Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.