The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

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

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Visit a secretive crypt before it crumbles to dust.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.