Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

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

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

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

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

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

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.