Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

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

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.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

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

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

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

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.