A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

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

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

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

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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

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

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.