Places MissJaneSuggests Wants to Go

The middle finger of modernity.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

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

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

A dinosaur-laden walking trail outside Singapore's Changi Airport.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.