Places philippe gonzalvez Wants to Go

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

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

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

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

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

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

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.