Places GRH Wants to Go

Walk underneath a railway bridge over the river Reuss with just a metal grating under your feet.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

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

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

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

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

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.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

This "grandfather" eucalyptus is one of the tallest trees in Europe.

A 600-year-old elm tree with a built-in seat and thatched roof.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.