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

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

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

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

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

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

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

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

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

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

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

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.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

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

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

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

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.