Places kosmostasis Wants to Go

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

These four fountains are said to have healing properties, with a glass of the 'miracle' water being given to Louis XII of France.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

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

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

A dragon-shaped fountain that is said to dispense healing water—unless you're evil.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.