Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

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

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.