Places cupmallows Wants to Go

Venice's island of the dead.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

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

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.