Places CL Tee Wants to Go

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

Abandoned Roman Catholic chapel abused by Satanists before being restored.

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.

A classic theatre located along a desolate Montana road.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.