Places thirstymaenad Wants to Go

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A former Roman town that was once the home of Scipio Africanus.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.