Places Fred Cherrygarden Wants to Go

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

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

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

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

Abandoned medieval hill town.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.