Places PatrickZRH Wants to Go

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

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.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.