Places ckoohle Wants to Go

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

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

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.