Places RolfStraubhaar Wants to Go

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

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

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

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Beer lover's can-covered house.