Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

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

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.