Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

Built in a perfect square, this archaeological site is one of the largest and best preserved ancient fortifications in India.

A pair of mysterious, unusually polished cave temples with an ancient gold legend.

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

No cyclone yet has been able to topple this rugged Indian lighthouse.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.

This overlooked Japanese Buddhist temple is a respite from the bustle of Kolkata.

An effigy of the deity emerges from a temple's water every 40 years.

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

This deserted palace is one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture in India.

This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.