Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.