Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

On the grounds of a game lodge, a path decorated with the skulls of all kinds of animals.

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

A quartet of temple guardian statues that allegedly cry at night for being forbidden from wrestling.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer, Kenji Miyazawa.

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

One man's love affair with this Mediterranean country has been turned into a work of whimsical delight.

This building from the Middle Ages was dedicated to the patron saint of Norway.

A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

This is London's smallest listed building.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.