Places stephlt25 Wants to Go

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This castle has decor from many periods of history, as well as a fairytale park.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.

An abandoned piece of phallic art repurposed by locals into a makeshift fertility shrine.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.