Places HCcHcC Wants to Go

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

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

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

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

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

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