Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.