Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

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

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.