Roman-era ships unearthed...

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

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

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Venice's island of the dead.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

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

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

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

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

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

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

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.