Places stonoceno Wants to Go

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

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

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

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

This natural gas vent certainly earns its name as the smallest volcano in Italy.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

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

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.