Places Luis Morato Wants to Go

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

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

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

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

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

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Learn how dolls are made in this fascinating museum inside a 19th-century mansion.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.