Places Arraffa Piediferro Wants to Go

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.