Places renaway Wants to Go

The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists

The clients of these mysterious hand-crafted funeral cars took their last ride in style.

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Death road of Bolivia.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

A giant, bloody battle rages throughout the Bolivian Andes each year.

Halfway up a volcano at the edge of the world’s largest salt flats is a cave with seven mummies.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Escape the city for a meal where deep-fried caterpillars, heirloom corn, and cult local mezcals shine.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.