Places AnAn Wants to Go

This former factory turned private museum contains surreal and creepy artwork created by Robert Y.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.

Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.