Places Drumma Wants to Go

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.