Places emmeliamathews Wants to Go

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

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

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.