Places cisleyortiz Wants to Go

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

A museum and memorial built amid the rubble of a town obliterated by nature.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."