Year: 2015

Strada della Forra

Discover Strada della Forra in Tremosine, Italy: This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Albergo Diurno Venezia

Discover Albergo Diurno Venezia in Milan, Italy: Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Discover Sant'Agata de' Goti in Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy: This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

The Town Of Witches

Discover The Town Of Witches in Triora, Italy: The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe.".

Temple of Valadier

Discover Temple of Valadier in Genga, Italy: This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

Discover Fontanelle Cemetery Caves in Naples, Italy: Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Santuario Madonna della Corona

Discover Santuario Madonna della Corona in Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy: This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

Civita di Bagnoregio

Discover Civita di Bagnoregio in Civita, Italy: This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

La Specola Anatomical Collection

Discover La Specola Anatomical Collection in Florence, Italy: The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)

Discover Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills) in Sorrento, Italy: An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Club 47

Discover Club 47 in Bon-Encontre, France: An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

Filitosa

Discover Filitosa in Sollacaro, France: This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

Pont de Gau Ornithological Park

Discover Pont de Gau Ornithological Park in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France: Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

Unite d’Habitation and the Radiant City

Discover Unite d'Habitation and the Radiant City in Marseille, France: What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier

Discover Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier in Montpellier, France: This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

Bordeaux Statue of Liberty

Discover Bordeaux Statue of Liberty in Bordeaux, France: Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

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