Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This monastery set over a holy cave contains the oldest known painting of Saint Francis of Assisi.

This monstrous face has watched over passersby for centuries.

Designed to represent the mushroom clouds the artists witnessed during nuclear testing.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

Wander through the Corridor of Wonders in these stunning limestone caverns.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

Once an early Christian burial site, it's believed the location was home to around 200 gravestones.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

Made up of 3,200 recycled glass bottles, this tree pays homage to Asturia's love of cider.

One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.

The oldest library in Pune.

Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.

Designed in the Romanesque style, this structure was once a fortress monastery.

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of Bogotá, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.

A collection of sculptures that explore what's at stake when nature is thrown out of balance.

A centuries-old Hindu cave temple is tucked away in a quiet suburb.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

A set of stairs leading down to the Mutha River sits by the foundations of a former temple.

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

The devil masks on display at this small museum are part of an annual festival that has been taking place for centuries.