Places aoliviadrury Wants to Go

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

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

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

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

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

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

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

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

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

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

This enormous statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe has become one of the world's most recent Catholic pilgrimage sites.

This colonial-era hospital chapel is now a foyer and side entrance to a popular department store.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

This grand yet little-visited tomb seems almost carved into the hill it sits on.

A spring water stream jumps through a walkable "bridge" cavern and a narrow canyon.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.