This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

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

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Venice's island of the dead.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.