Places vespera66 Wants to Go

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The middle finger of modernity.

Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.

Take a walk through the history of strength sports—from the early Olympic Games to modern day.

This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

Among the may artifacts on display is a clock made of 50,000 individual pieces of wood.

This restored 18th-century house was once the home of Lititz's first tobacconist.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.