Places freddoloso Wants to Go

An otherwise typical Beitou alley is home to statues of Chiang Kai-shek and his son.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.

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

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

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

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

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

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

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

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This Chinatown hole-in-the-wall serves what might be the ultimate oyster omelet.