Places marcwithasea Wants to Go

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.