Places C L Raven Wants to Go

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

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

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.