Places Cloud Winchester Wants to Go

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

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

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

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

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

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.