Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Inscriptions found in the Majella mountains reveal stories of resistance and rebellion after the unification of Italy.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

These crevices cut into the mountains collect the island’s main source of precious freshwater.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

Honor one of Argentina's most prolific writers at his historic home.

An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.

A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.