Places Sabrina Wants to Go

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

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

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

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

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

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

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

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.