A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

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

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

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

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

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

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.