Places andreaderese Wants to Go

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

This seventh-century fortification marked the western border of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto.

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

An enormous sinkhole that local lore attributes to the anger of the Virgin Mary.

One of the four sanctuaries of Rieti's Holy Valley was the site of the first living nativity scene.

The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.

In this medieval church, a centuries-old stuffed crocodile hangs from the ceiling.

This mysterious ancient arch is hidden in the forest of Simbruini Mountains Regional Park.

A 14th-century abbey founded by a forest-loving order of monks now sits in the center of a pristine nature preserve.

Numerous stone coffins from different centuries, lined up in a sixth century basilica.

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.

Wander through the Corridor of Wonders in these stunning limestone caverns.

Built as a defensive structure, this medieval walkway road offers a unique view of the village of Brisighella.

The ruins of this once gorgeous medieval church are still standing, despite the region's constant flooding.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.