These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

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

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

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

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.