Places Edited by Pericles Rosa

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.