Places acrig Wants to Go

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

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

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

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

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

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

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

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

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.