Places mstipanicev Wants to Go

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.

The first building in the Philippines with an elevator.

The unique work of art celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1988 World Expo.

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

The “world’s smallest cathedral” is a remnant of one of Croatia’s medieval royal towns.

Once an art-deco theater, now a supermarket.

One of the major cities of Late Roman provinces, now in ruins of small scale.

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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