This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

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

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

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

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

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.