The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.