Places Mariana Zapata Wants to Go

A natural swimming pool in the middle of the Carite Forest.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

An underwater city for the dead.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.