Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

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

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

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

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

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

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.