Places chrissyml Wants to Go

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

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

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

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

Venice's island of the dead.