Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Could it have picked a better place to land?

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.

Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.

A Chinese meditation center in the middle of rural Sweden, partly funded by a member of ABBA.

This simple roadside art installation ended up sparking a folk art movement and a controversy of international proportions.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.