Places Strawgastica Wants to Go

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Drink the 'Blood of Christ' in this Roman Catholic fever dream.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.

This 16th-century building features a flamenco stage on its ground floor and a torture museum on its upper floors.

A 1st-century Roman aqueduct running straight through a children's playground

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Step into the past of this Andalusian town through exhibits with traditional tools, local crafts, and cultural artifacts.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.