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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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Springdale, Utah

The Narrows

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

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Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

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Finestrella di Via Piella

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

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Florence, Italy

Dante's Dagger

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

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Bologna's Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

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Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

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Santa Francesca Romana

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

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Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Annetta Black

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Florence, Italy

Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure

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

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Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

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Stazzema, Italy

Monte Forato

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

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Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

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Museo di Palazzo Poggi Anatomy & Obstetrics Collection

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Annetta Black

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Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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'Mi Sono Perso' ('I Am Lost')

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

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Chiesa dei Morti (Church of the Dead)

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

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Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

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The Abandoned Village of Leri Cavour

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

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