Places sola9dreams Wants to Go

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

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

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

Stroll among dozens of statues depicting pre-Columbian kings, gods, and supernatural beings.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.