An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

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

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.