Places stonoceno Wants to Go

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

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

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

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

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A 59-ft. robot statue looks over the citizens of earthquake-ravaged Kobe.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.