Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.