Places shiri16 Wants to Go

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

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

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

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

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

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.

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.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.