Places jeffprahl Wants to Go

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

One of the world's best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is also one of the most unusual; it's made of black volcanic rock.

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

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

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

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

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

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

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

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

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.

Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.