Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.