Places nejuum Wants to Go

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

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

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

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

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

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

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.

Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.