Places wasik Wants to Go

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.

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.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

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

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.