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On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

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

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

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

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

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

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

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

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

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

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

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.