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The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

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

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

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

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.