Places michambrosini Wants to Go

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

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.