A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

After World War II, this former concentration camp in Northern Italy became a refuge for those displaced by the war.

An intact, still operating pharmacy from the 18th-century filled with numerous artifacts and paintings.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.