A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

A schoolhouse and chapel are all that remains of this alpine village.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.