In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

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.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

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

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

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

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