Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Venice's island of the dead.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

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

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

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

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

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

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

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

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

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

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.