Calatafimi, Italy
Temple of Segesta
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
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Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Tramonti di sotto, Italy
This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.
Camerata Nuova, Italy
The ruins of a medieval village that was abandoned after a 19th-century inferno.
Venice, Italy
Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.
Praia A Mare, Italy
The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
Tropea, Italy
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Cesena, Italy
A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Pomposa, Italy
The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.
Palermo, Italy
This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.
Ischia di Castro, Italy
A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.
Cassino, Italy
This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.
Bollengo, Italy
An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.
Padua, Italy
This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Vernon, France
A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Machecoul, France
The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.