Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The first and oldest mosque in Japan.

The materials from one of the United Kingdom’s most famous animation studios are now preserved in a suburban library.

A painted medieval castle where the most celebrated outlaw-poet of the Middle Ages was imprisoned — and where you can descend into his exact cell, nine centuries later.

In 1421, a drowning man prayed for his life and promised to build a chapel where he would wash ashore.

The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.

Resting place of the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee.

One of the earliest subway stations in Stockholm, which still looks like the 1950s.

It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

A playful symbiosis of art, nature, architecture, and garden design, a hidden gem off the beaten path

A pentagram-covered shrine dedicated to a famed court astrologer known in the west as the Merlin of Japan.

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

A peaceful Elves-fairytale landscape hides an evil scar, a chasm so dark and daunting that for centuries it was believed to be the gateway to hell.

A quiet grave marks the site of a centuries-old fairytale love story that turned out to be a real murder.

One of the largest and most ornate abbeys in this part of Europe.

A sandstone canyon wilderness with a history of outlaws, mysterious disappearances, and a UFO encounter.

Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.

A lineup of a dozen or so Japanese light tanks from WWII.

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

An early 20th-century school building whose clock tower and carved symbols quietly tell the story of the trades once taught inside.

A century-old wooden walkway where artists and free spirits have built a funky, countercultural main street.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.