Places jt168 Wants to Go

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

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

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.