Places eaksoy Wants to Go

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

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

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

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

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Venice's island of the dead.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.