Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A gateway to a mysterious network of underground tunnels.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.