Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

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

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.