Places Ian Engweiler Wants to Go

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?