Stra, Italy
Villa Pisani Labirinto
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
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Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Artesina, Italy
Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Rome, Italy
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Jingwan-gil, South Korea
An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.
Seoul, South Korea
Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.
Gongju-si, South Korea
Ancient temple is home to centuries of art and spiritual artifacts.
Jeongseon, South Korea
A Korean rock bassist's wild dream has become a reality at this completely insane boutique hotel.
Seogwipo, South Korea
South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.
Pyeongchang, South Korea
The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Seoul, South Korea
One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.
Hapcheon, South Korea
Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.