This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

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

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

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

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

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

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.