Places katehawes Wants to Go

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

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

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

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

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