Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.

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

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

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

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

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.