The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

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

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

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

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

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

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.