Places freaky82 Wants to Go

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

A former Roman town that was once the home of Scipio Africanus.

The oldest-known example of a historic architectural style recognized by UNESCO.

The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.

An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

An abandoned monastery sits on a far-off island in the Adriatic Sea.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.