One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

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

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.