Places Jared Rydelek Wants to Go

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

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

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A crucified and bearded female saint.