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

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

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

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.