Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

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

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

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

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.