Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.