Places daveschaaf Wants to Go

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

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

This bronze boy sits on one of Capri's rocky cliffs, waving at the passing boats.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

This medieval church in Rome was almost destroyed following a terrorist attack in 1993.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

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

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

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

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.