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

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

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

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

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.