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The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

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

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

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

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

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

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

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

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

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.