Places wesu1 Wants to Go

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient Roman religious cult contains an exquisite traditional fresco.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.

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

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.