Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

This innocuous-looking button may have been used to assassinate a king.

A neighborhood park in the city of Cáceres hides what some believe are revolutionary examples of Neanderthal cave art.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

This fresco-covered medieval monastery hangs from the side of a steep cliff.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.