Places kebbers Wants to Go

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

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

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

This room of wonder is full of relics, from knights in armor to rare works of art.

A literary park dedicated to the memory of a filmmaker, writer, and intellectual who was killed in 1975.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

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

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

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

Roman politician Herodes Atticus built this nymphaeum to honor his wife, whom he may have murdered.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.