Places stephlt25 Wants to Go

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Production site for handmade clay bricks.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

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

A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.

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

Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

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

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

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

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

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

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

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.