Places gabbysimms Wants to Go

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.