Places aureliajwalsh Wants to Go

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

See one of the earliest depictions of a Christian ceremony – with a woman at the center!

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.