Places Luki Wants to Go

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

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

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

An unsettling painting of three faceless sisters that is surrounded by history and legend.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.