Places sarahvjanet Wants to Go

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.