Italy Road Trip

18 Places

Cortenova, Italy

Villa de Vecchi

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

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Balestrino, Italy

Balestrino Ghost Village

Abandoned medieval hill town.

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Wattens, Austria

Crystal Worlds

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

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Innichen, Italy

Bagni Wildbad

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

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Sojo Art and Nature Park

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

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Carezza Rainbow Lake

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

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Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy

Santuario Madonna della Corona

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

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Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities

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

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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Villa Pisani Labirinto

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

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Earth Pyramids of Platten

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy

Grotta Gigante

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Cave del Predil, Italy

Cave del Predil

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

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Borgo Valsugana, Italy

Arte Sella

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

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The Abandoned Village of Leri Cavour

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

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Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy

Ai Pioppi Playground

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

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Tremosine, Italy

Strada della Forra

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

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San Martino della Battaglia, Italy

Ossario di San Martino

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

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