Places sndikic Wants to Go

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Venice's island of the dead.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."