Places Pengwn Wants to Go

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.