Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

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

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

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

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.