Places stevenbeijer Wants to Go

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

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

In this town's main square resides a statue of none other than the 43rd President of the United States.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

A hilltop monastery on the Greek island of Hydra.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.