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

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

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

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

"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.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.