Places semken Wants to Go

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.