Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.