For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

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

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

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

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

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.