Places samalot Wants to Go

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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