Places tc33 Wants to Go

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.