A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

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

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

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

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

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

An Italian hillside ghost town.