The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

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

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.