Places LlibbyScorse Wants to Go

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

This crescent-shaped beach is said to glow under the light of a full moon.

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

An abandoned monastery sits on a far-off island in the Adriatic Sea.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.