Places megankass Wants to Go

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

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

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

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

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.