Places anplebica Wants to Go

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

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

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.