Places wesu1 Wants to Go

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

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.

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

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

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

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

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.