Places dianesaurus Wants to Go

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.