Places evansjennifer Wants to Go

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

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

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

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

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

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

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.