Places Lis Charlotte Wants to Go

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

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

The middle finger of modernity.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.