Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

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

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.