Places heathersfour Wants to Go

What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

An ode to the washerwomen who called Pavia home.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

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

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

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