Places anthonyjp Wants to Go

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.