Places dezordie Wants to Go

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

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

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

The ruins in this village were caused by something more sinister than neglect.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.