Places vhass Wants to Go

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

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

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

This small Milan street is filled with colorful homes and a rich history.

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

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

The community gathered on this stone table to make important decisions, but it was also the site of witch trials.

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

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.