Places chrissyml Wants to Go

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

A historic cavernous cistern lies hidden behind a wall at San Marino’s stamp and coin museum.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Striking fusion of Islamic and postmodern architecture, said to be the largest mosque in Western Europe.

A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.

A medieval tower, dating back to the 12th century, lingers in the Roman countryside.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.