A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Artist Diego Morlin's war between the natural and human worlds is a wanderer's delight.

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

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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