Florence, Italy
Vasari Corridor
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
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Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Cefalù, Italy
Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
Volterra, Italy
This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Rome, Italy
A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
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.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
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.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.