Places annaebaxter1996 Wants to Go

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

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

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

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

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

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

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

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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