Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.