Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

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

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

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

Half curiosity cabinet, half late night hotspot, this Brazilian bar is helping turn a dangerous neighborhood around.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

A beautiful midcentury mural by the famed Brazilian modernist artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Modern pyramids built to channel positive energy have also fomented local tales of animal sacrifice.

World's largest open air theater spans 24 acres and hosts a massive recreation of the Passion of Christ.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.

This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Brazil's only museum dedicated to the art and evolution of tattoos.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

This gravesite in the Amazon Rainforest was left behind by a failed Third Reich expedition.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.