Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

These underground shelters dug by the Japanese during World War II later helped Timor-Leste achieve its independence.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”