Places 411shirley Wants to Go

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

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

A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.

The first passenger cable car in the world.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.