Places ouroborosasunder Wants to Go

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

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

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

Abandoned medieval hill town.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.