Places Kandiss Wants to Go

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

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

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

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

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

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

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.