An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

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

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.