Places chaosmatriarch Wants to Go

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.