Places Gravefog Wants to Go

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

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

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

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

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

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.