Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The middle finger of modernity.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."