Places Alpy Wants to Go

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

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

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

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

This 16-foot, 6-ton statue in the singer's hometown doesn't actually look like her.

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.