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Verona, Italy

Juliet's Balcony

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
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La Maddalena, Italy

Spiaggia Rosa (Pink Beach)

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.
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Vernazza, Italy

Cinque Terre

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
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Florence, Italy

Medici Hall of Maps (Sala delle Carte Geografiche)

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Florence, Italy

Babae Wine Window

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Lisa Harvey Added by Lisa Harvey
Rome, Italy

Pasticceria Boccione

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
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Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
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Riola, Italy

Rocchetta Mattei

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
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Italy

Carezza Rainbow Lake

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
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Rome, Italy

The Protestant Cemetery

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
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Florence, Italy

Buontalenti Grotta

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
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Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.
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Venice, Italy

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

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

The Monsters of Bomarzo

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
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Seelisberg, Switzerland

Rütli Meadow

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.
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Kilchberg, Switzerland

The World's Largest Chocolate Fountain

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.
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Jenins, Switzerland

Greisinger Museum

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.
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Grindelwald, Switzerland

Bahnhof Eismeer (Eismeer Railroad Station)

The second-highest train station in Europe.
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Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Jaquet-Droz Automata

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
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Tolochenaz, Switzerland

Audrey Hepburn’s Grave

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.
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Sevelen, Switzerland

Alte Rheinbrücke (Old Rhine Bridge)

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
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Erlach, Switzerland

St. Peter’s Island

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”
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Washington, D.C.

Watermelon House

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.
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Pulsnitz, Germany

Pfefferkuchenmuseum Pulsnitz

An aromatic exploration of the rich history and flavors of this German town's famous gingerbread.
Herman Purrmann the German Added by Herman Purrmann the German