Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

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

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

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

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

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

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

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

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

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

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

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