Places exvine Wants to Go

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

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

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.