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

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

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