Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

A bizarre object of worship believed to grant wishes to those who tie it up with a rope.

The oft-overlooked site of one of the first marine biological research facilities in the world.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.

The lesser-known eastern counterpart to Kyoto’s famous fox shrine.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

Housed in a former convent, this museum has a collection of religious art, artifacts, and scientific objects that offer insights into the island's spiritual, cultural, and intellectual heritage.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

A memorial to the Indian victims of the devastating 1923 earthquake, built in glorious Mughal style.

A romantic escape inspired by the legend of a child-eating five-headed dragon.

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

In a resort town where the real Alice spent her summer holidays, iconic characters create a curious trail.

These medieval wooden bridge pillars appeared out of nowhere in the aftermath of a huge earthquake.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

The burial site of 16 men’s hair buns, which were lopped off in place of their heads.

Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.

An attack on this gunpowder depot led to the start of the Philippine Revolution.