This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

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.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.