Rome, Italy
Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
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Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.