Places izbutcher Wants to Go

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

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

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

A farming family's tribute to the pack animal.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.