Places Drumma Wants to Go

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

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

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.