Places monicaanndelgado Wants to Go

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.