Places skopke Wants to Go

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

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

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

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

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

After being destroyed by two separate fires, this monastery is now home to a small zoo and relics from dozens of saints.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.