Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.