Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

A once-beautiful retreat is now a crumbling ruin.

A sculpture capturing the emotional moment when a refugee boy realizes he is about to be deported.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

A temple complex has existed on this site since the third century.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.