Places beefjorky Wants to Go

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

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

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

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

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

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

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

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

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

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.