The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

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

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

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

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

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