Places Jilda Caccavo Wants to Go

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

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

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

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

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

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

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

Dishes are packed with flavor at one of the only Singaporean restaurants in Paris.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.