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

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.