Places johnv Wants to Go

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

A close look at the church's walls reveals pieces of Mexico's history.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.