Places Gravefog Wants to Go

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

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

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

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

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

A mystery of a buried artist and a 14th-century church.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.