Places miramarco Wants to Go

This fresco-covered medieval monastery hangs from the side of a steep cliff.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.