During World War II, the Shroud of Turin was secreted to this remote southern Italian complex.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

This war memorial holds the remains of around 20,000 World War I soldiers from both sides of the conflict.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

One of the best-preserved modern fortresses was part of a pivotal moment in the Italian Risorgimento.

An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

The seat of the Mantua bishop holds many secrets within its walls.

One of the few places of its kind, this space research center sits deep in the countryside of Matera.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This ancient Roman bridge was a key feature of the ancient Via Salaria road.

Numerous stone coffins from different centuries, lined up in a sixth century basilica.

This ancient city was home to one of the greatest schools of Greek philosophy.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

In this medieval church, a centuries-old stuffed crocodile hangs from the ceiling.

This Romanesque church is built over the tomb of a martyr who legend says defeated a dragon.

A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.