Places monicaanndelgado Wants to Go

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.