Places LlibbyScorse Wants to Go

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.

A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.

A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.

This crystal clear water basin feeds the Lao river and powers a hydroelectric power plant.

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

According to a local legend, this bridge was constructed by an astrologer with the help of the devil.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

An abandoned piece of phallic art repurposed by locals into a makeshift fertility shrine.

This house certainly has a unique decor.

Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.

Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

This long-abandoned village sits across a narrow gorge from a still-inhabited settlement that was once its twin.