An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The second-highest village in Lazio has attracted artists for 400 years and is now a spectacular open-air art gallery.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.