Places demelza Wants to Go

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

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

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

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

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

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

Venice's island of the dead.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."