Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

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

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

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

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

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

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

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

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.