Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

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.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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