This castle was once the home of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.

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

Everyday, fans from across the globe visit the statue of one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

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

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

Built as a defensive structure, this medieval walkway road offers a unique view of the village of Brisighella.

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

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

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

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

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

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.