Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.