Places hamishi Wants to Go

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

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

This crystal clear water basin feeds the Lao river and powers a hydroelectric power plant.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

A fossil of a 30 million-year-old fish is unexpectedly hidden thousands of feet above sea level.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

A massive bridge forms part of an aqueduct that was deemed an architectural wonder of its time.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.