Places OrbisDeIgnis Wants to Go

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The middle finger of modernity.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.