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Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.