Places ptitz Wants to Go

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.