Places Hannah Theobald Wants to Go

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

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

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

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

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

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

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

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

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

The Pope’s secret escape route.