Places ElSilencio Wants to Go

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

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

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

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

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

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

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

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

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

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

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.