Places marcwithasea Wants to Go

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

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

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

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

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...

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

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

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.