Places mfoster42 Wants to Go

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.

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.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

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

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.