Places fkitchens Wants to Go

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

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

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

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

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.