Places cupmallows Wants to Go

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

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

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

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

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

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

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.