Places vmhenshaw Wants to Go

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

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

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

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

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

A small sculpture that pays homage to the famous bronze ear of Ca de l'Oreggia—or does it?

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.