Places fvmp Wants to Go

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

The ruins of a 19th-century aqueduct run through this Brazilian island's deep forest.

This São Paulo home became a lifelong prison for a woman with a tragic childhood.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.