Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

According to legend, those who pray at this statue will also be granted a wish.

Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.

The ruins of a thousand-year-old hermitage are tucked away deep in the sloping forests of Albano Lake.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This hermitage spanning an Italian river gorge draws pilgrims hoping to heal ailments like arthritis and migraines.

Costa Rica's best known combat zone, used during the Battle of Santa Rosa.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

According to legend, this small island was home to one of the sirens met by Ulysses in the Odyssey.

An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.

The largest civilian satellite control center in the world is located in the middle of a drained lake.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.