Places ickaimp Wants to Go

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

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

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

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.