Places sarahnella Wants to Go

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

The history and future of cannabis.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This plaque marks the former home of one of the first women physicians in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

This garden among the Florentine hills is complete with a meditation path and works of poetry.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

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

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

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

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The middle finger of modernity.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.