Göttingen, Germany
Heinz Erhardt Stele
A comedic homage to a beloved German actor.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Göttingen, Germany
A comedic homage to a beloved German actor.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut
The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.
Denmark / Canada
A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.
Greenland
A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.
Rome, Italy
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
Rome, Italy
An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Cassino, Italy
This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.
Avezzano, Italy
This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Rome, Italy
This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Rome, Italy
A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.
Pisa, Italy
Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Rome, Italy
The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.