Places Clur Wants to Go

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

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

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

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

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.