Places marhilary Wants to Go

Featuring one of the oldest collections of historic musical literature in the world.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.