Places jimcampers Wants to Go

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

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

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Featured in a Hollywood film, this church is a monumental example of mid-century art deco architecture.

Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

The artwork detailing the city's history features a few controversial characters.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.