Places andreaderese Wants to Go

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.