These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A life-sized statue marks the spot of the 100-meter-wide "neck" that leads to the Tasman Peninsula, and the convict penal settlement was once guarded by a line of ferocious and savage dogs

Commemorating the nine-year-old and his pony's 965 kilometers solo ride to Sydney in 1932 for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Once an arrival port for post-war migrants, this pier is now a forest of pylons in the bay and a popular spot for fishing and a backdrop for wedding photos

A Bronze Age burial site thought to be over 4000 years old

A fascinating collection of Scottish late-medieval carved stones

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

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

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.