Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

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

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

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

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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