Places Himanshu Wants to Go

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

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.

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

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

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

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.

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

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

One of the world's last well-maintained airship hangars.

This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

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

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.

A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.