Places WanderlustDiaries Wants to Go

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

An Italian hillside ghost town.