Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

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

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.