Paris, France
Museum of Vampires
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
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Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Florence, Italy
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Turin, Italy
The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
La Maddalena, Italy
Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.