This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

A medieval fresco which reminds visitors that death will come for us all.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

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

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

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

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

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.