A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Venice's island of the dead.