Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

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

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

Inside this small chapel tucked away in the forest is one of the most well-preserved Danse Macabre frescos.

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

This modern theatre is housed inside a convent constructed more than 300 years ago.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

Peanut butter trees and miracle berries are just the beginning.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.