Places flblom Wants to Go

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

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

In this medieval church, a centuries-old stuffed crocodile hangs from the ceiling.

Italy's only urban waterfall has enchanted artists and travelers for centuries.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.