Places aemem Wants to Go

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

Ancient, mysterious stone altars are hidden among wild woods in central Italy.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.