Places CaveVex Wants to Go

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

The enormous appendage offers spectacular views of Colombia's Huila Department.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

This iconic pavilion in Barquisimeto has a roof made from 16 “petals” that open and close depending on the weather.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.

The prehistoric home of an enormous ground sloth that once roamed Patagonia

The hauntingly beautiful interior of a church almost destroyed by protestors’ fire.

This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.

A moai decorated with the depiction of a European ship.

An hour south of Punta Arenas (Chile) along the Strait of Magellan, a Kcymaerxthaere plaque tells the story of Culev Larsze, cursed to live without words in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

Despite being of the most short-lived republics in history, this small Chilean town won’t forget its two days of independence.

In a corner of Santiago's largest market, this inventive Mapuche eatery shows "ancestral cuisine" doesn't have to mean old-fashioned.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.