Places R Sevens Wants to Go

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

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

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

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

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

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.