Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

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

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

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

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.