Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

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

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.