This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

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

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

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

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

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

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

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

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

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

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

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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

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

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.