Places stephlt25 Wants to Go

A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

The ruins of a rural church and a statue of Archangel Gabriel are tucked away in Majella National Park.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

This fiberglass version of the Awakening sculpture by Seward Johnson, now resides in its third location in Italy, in Viterbo.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

The disputed geographic center, or "navel," of Italy.

This statue in Civitavecchia recreates a famous photograph from the end of World War II in massive scale.

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.