Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

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

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.