An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Venice's island of the dead.