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This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

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

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

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

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.