Places psichegg Wants to Go

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

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

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A medieval tower, dating back to the 12th century, lingers in the Roman countryside.

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

Nicknamed “The Mushroom,” this unique water tower has been featured in several iconic movie scenes.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.