Places cloudyrose Wants to Go

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

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

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.