Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

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

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.