This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

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

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

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

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

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

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

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

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

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

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

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

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

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

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

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

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

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

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

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.