Places A.M. Brune Wants to Go

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

A small statue shaped like the grill of a Rolls-Royce marks the suburban location where the company’s first automobiles were manufactured.