If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.