Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

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

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.