Places simonele Wants to Go

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

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