This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

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

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

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

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

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

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.