Places nowickid Wants to Go

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

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

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.