Places freaky82 Wants to Go

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

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

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

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.