Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

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

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

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

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Local lore claims this rocky cape hides a lost Aztec treasure.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

A hotel masquerading as a medieval castle overlooks a Mexican city.

The English graveyard of Mineral del Monte, a magical little piece of Cornwall in Mexico.

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

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

The colorful array of art leads to a small Aztec pyramid.