Places din361 Wants to Go

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

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

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

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

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.