Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

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

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.