Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A river hides a charming medieval bridge.

The 6th-century saint is often invoked for tooth pain and young children who experience problems walking.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.

Order a whiskey neat in the former jail of Kowloon’s British-era Marine Police Headquarters.

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.

Only seven masters are keeping the tradition of Hong Kong’s vanishing neon signs alive.

These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.

You can only see this Baroque masterpiece during the month of November.

One of the last soy sauce-makers in Hong Kong has been in the artisanal condiment business since 1917.

Sample Hong Kong’s famous “Swiss wings” at the source.

The remains of the Minatogawa Man found here are among the oldest known skeleton specimens from Japan.

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

The “world’s smallest cathedral” is a remnant of one of Croatia’s medieval royal towns.

Serve yourself from the heaping carts piled with bamboo steamers at what may be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum parlor.

A Greek-inspired memorial garden to commemorate a former university president and a liberal influential intellectual

These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.

Even Michelin-starred chefs are said to get their cleavers at this century-old shop.

This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.