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

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

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

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

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

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

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

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

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

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.