The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The middle finger of modernity.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

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

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

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

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

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