Places Michael James Carvalho Luongo Wants to Go

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

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

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

Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

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

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A Greek tomb discovered under a palace in Naples displays ornate funeral decorations.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.