Places Alpy Wants to Go

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

Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.

A former prison complex now displays a historic collection of inmate artwork.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

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

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

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

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

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

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.