Places arditov Wants to Go

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.