Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The famous springs of this small town still flow outside this historic building.

Celebrating the famous Nebuta festival of Aomori and showcasing its huge papier-mâché floats.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humor, stands year-round in a traffic circle.

Large-scale operations in these mines ceased in the 1960s, leaving behind crumbling processing facilities and deserted living quarters.

The ruins of this 19th-century Scottish Baronial mansion reflect the architectural heritage and history of Scotland's aristocracy.

This 16th-century building features a flamenco stage on its ground floor and a torture museum on its upper floors.

Travel to the Balearics without leaving Barcelona at this restaurant specializing in Mallorcan cuisine.

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.

Feast on cuttlefish ink-stained paella by the beach.

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.

A unique public space where the walkway is paved with thousands of porcelain tiles.

Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

Set up in 1953, abandoned in 1978, and became a movie set in 2009.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.