Places cisleyortiz Wants to Go

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.