Places samalot Wants to Go

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

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

This one-of-a-kind convent boasts a kaleidoscopic exterior of stars and double-headed eagles.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The world's only known button museum.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.