A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

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

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.