The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

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

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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

Roman-era ships unearthed...

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

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

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

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