Places toocanvan Wants to Go

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.