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

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

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

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

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

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

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

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

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

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

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

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.