Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

This royal shrine and cemetery is hidden amidst modern public housing.

Hidden in a high mountain cave, this hermitage dates back to the ninth century.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.

This medieval settlement was abandoned after a series of landslides. What remained was largely destroyed during a mock battle for a WWII film reel.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

The remains of this medieval Roman road and lookout towers dot the rugged coastline of southern Lazio.

A pair of mysterious, unusually polished cave temples with an ancient gold legend.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

The heads and relics of 179 monks slaughtered by pirates are on display within this Ceonobic Monastery.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.