Places gahoegen Wants to Go

The life-size bronze statue commemorates the ride of 16-year-old American Revolutionary War hero.

This sustainable, family-run farm just outside of San Juan makes for a dreamy daytrip.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

La Cara del Indio honors the Taíno chief who fought bravely against the Spanish invasion of Puerto Rico.

This beachside town is home to a diverse nature reserve, multiple cays, and one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico.

A natural swimming pool in the middle of the Carite Forest.

Drift through underground caves on a tube.

Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.

The short hike is worth the stunning views and crystal blue waters of a secluded beach.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!