Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

A founding document of the European Union was written on an island where Roman emperors once banished women.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

Colombia’s only monument erected to mark the end of slavery in the former Republic of New Granada.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.