Places bq Wants to Go

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

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

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.