Places MSebastian Wants to Go

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A group of abandoned factories and buildings that have been revitalized and are now used to promote culture, education, entrepreneurialism, and sustainable development.

At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.

One of the world's last well-maintained airship hangars.

This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

The Canaima airstrip in Venezuela keeps an antique DC 3 plane in its camp.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

A mysterious architectural gem in one of the most elegant areas of Buenos Aires.

A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.