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The Capuchin Crypt in Rome's Santa Maria Immacolata ConcezioneThe Capuchin Crypt - The chapels of this crypt are covered in intricate mosaics, hung with elaborate chandeliers, and decorated with sculptural images—all of them created using thousands upon thousands of bones from dead monks... Full story

Gladiator lessons in RomeGladiator Lessons - Don the helmet and leather armor, grab a sword and shield, and spend the day learning the moves of an ancient Roman gladiator... Full story

Bocca della Verità* The Mouth of Truth - An ancient Roman sewer-covering carved into a grotesque face with a gaping mouth that legend holds will bite off the fingers of anyone who dares stick in his hand and tell a lie.... Full Story

The Catacombs of St. CalixtusThe Catacombs - Labyrinths of underground tunnels carved with shelves and niches for the deposition of ancient Christian bones. Spooky, plus some great paleo-Christian art... Full story

Papal audiencePapal audience - Not so much weird as a singular event available nowhere else on earth. Unlike the Middle Ages, when you had to have excellent connections to see the Bishop of Rome (that's the Pope's real title), these days papal audiences are pretty easy to come by—so long as you're willing to share the moment with several thousand other audience members... Full story

PasquinoPasquino & the talking statues - Since the middle ages, if Romans have something to say about the state of their city or nation, they say it anonymously via these talking statues, the op-ed pages of the medieval world... Full story

The dome of St. Peter's seen though the keyhole in teh gate of the Knights of Malta compound on the Aventine Hill of RomeKnights of Malta keyhole - A peek-a-boo view of St. Peter's dome through the gates of the last surviving knightly order from the era of the Crusades... Full story

Palazzo ZuccariPalazzo Zuccari - Screaming faces and leering monsters form the doors and windows of this palazzo near the top of the Spanish Steps... Full story

Art Center Acea - Centrale Montemartini Museum* Centrale Montemartini - The Acea Art Center is a bona fide deus ex macchina experience. They've prettied up the old Montemartini power plant to house over 400 gorgeous ancient Roman sculptures from the Capitoline Museums collections that haven't been seen by the public in decades. They’re displayed evocatively against a backdrop of the power plant's inky black iron machinery, much of it so massive and muscularly mechanical that it looks more like a metaphor of early industry than actual working devices, like it came from a Fritz Lang movie set... Full story

Andrea Pozzo's dome in the church of Sant'IgnazioSant'Ignazio di Loyola - A stage-set of a piazza out front leads to a church interior that is not all it seems to be—watch the dome carefully as you walk up the aisle towards it... Full story

Museum of Souls in PurgatoryThe Museum of Souls in Purgatory - Pay your respects to spirits caught in the mini-hell between eternal damnation and eternal salvation... Full story

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