The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

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

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

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

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

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

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

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.