Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

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.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

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

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

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

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

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

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.