Casa della Trota, or Hotel Ponale, is a legendary abandoned cliffside restaurant and hotel built directly into the sheer rocks of Lake Garda, Italy. The venue earned its name by serving fresh lake trout to travelers, eventually welcoming notable historical figures like Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Villa Pellati is the former home of a prominent Italian geologist and public servant. Inside, a beautiful, decaying library and geological specimens tell the story of the owner’s passion for science.