Places explorer nichole Wants to Go

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

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.