A Nesting Doll of Churches.

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

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

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

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

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.