Places fvmp Wants to Go

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Hidden in plain sight, this lush garden sits atop one of the most iconic buildings in São Paulo.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Dining in this grain cellar feels like stepping onto a fantasy film set.

An amazing collection of rare wind instruments where visitors can give the iconic Swiss Alphorn a toot.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.