Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.

Swim alongside softshell turtles in these turquoise waters within the Cuatrociénegas Biosphere Reserve.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

According to legend, this structure was inspired by the Tower of Babel and built in a 19th-century industrialist's yard so he could walk his dogs without leaving home.

These distorting, funhouse mirrors achieved fame in a renowned piece of Spanish theater.

“Historical” markers commemorating the sites of fictional events depicted in a popular jidaigeki novel series.