This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

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

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

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

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

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

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.