Places charlotte Wants to Go

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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

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

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The middle finger of modernity.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

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

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

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

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

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