Places Leah Nelson Wants to Go

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

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

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.