Places todesgleich Wants to Go

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

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

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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