Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."