Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

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

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

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

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.