Places rjot Wants to Go

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

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

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

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

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

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

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

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

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

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

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

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

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

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.