Places Goksu Wants to Go

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.