Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.