Places EricaInCA Wants to Go

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.