Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

The curious flowers of this hard-to-find tree are shaped like little hands.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.

This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

Malaysia's oldest coffee roaster is also a historical landmark.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

A diorama lover's dream world.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A tribute to one man's encounter with a frightening cryptid.