Places GRH Wants to Go

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

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

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

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

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.