Places shiri16 Wants to Go

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

Italy's only urban waterfall has enchanted artists and travelers for centuries.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

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

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

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

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.