Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.