The middle finger of modernity.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Venice's island of the dead.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.