The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

A literary park dedicated to the memory of a filmmaker, writer, and intellectual who was killed in 1975.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

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

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.