Places alecjr Wants to Go

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Under the towering glass canopy of Google's headquarters in São Paulo's poshest neighborhood, hides a small, charming 18th-century house.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.