Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

This diminutive yet beautiful local stepwell once yielded enough water to irrigate the lush fields of the village.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.