The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

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

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

This unusually shaped fortress houses a blend of centuries-old frescoes and modern art.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

Ancient, mysterious stone altars are hidden among wild woods in central Italy.

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.

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

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

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

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

An abandoned monastery sits on a far-off island in the Adriatic Sea.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.