This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

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

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

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

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.