Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

“It has nae lugs!”

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.