Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

A secret Virgin Mary tucked away on a Brazilian beach.

Modern pyramids built to channel positive energy have also fomented local tales of animal sacrifice.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

World's largest open air theater spans 24 acres and hosts a massive recreation of the Passion of Christ.

This kilometer-long university building is an unexpected architectural delight.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

Hidden in plain sight, this lush garden sits atop one of the most iconic buildings in São Paulo.

Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.

A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.

A puppy slum that protects canines from the cruelties of the human slums.

A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

Brazil's only museum dedicated to the art and evolution of tattoos.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."