The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

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

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

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

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

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

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

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

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

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

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.