Places Xoan Wants to Go

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

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

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

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

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.