Places sarahltait Wants to Go

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

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

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

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

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

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

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

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

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

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

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

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

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

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

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The Pope’s secret escape route.