Places whitneyn Wants to Go

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

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

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

A monumental private palace behind an unassuming facade, with astonishing interiors including a rococo ballroom.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

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

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

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.