Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

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

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

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

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

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

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

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.