Places Russ Arno Wants to Go

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

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

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

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Contains some of the world's more disturbing wax anatomical models.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

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

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

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

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.