Places Antlerpunch Wants to Go

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.