Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.

A former 16th-century monastery houses a museum dedicated to the island and its culture.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

Inside this small chapel tucked away in the forest is one of the most well-preserved Danse Macabre frescos.

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Weighing nearly seven tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Peanut butter trees and miracle berries are just the beginning.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A Japanese sculptor carved an ode to biodiversity into a floodplain.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This often-overlooked monument was crafted in the shape of the iconic samurai coin to honor an Edo-period mint.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.