Places vanmechelen74 Wants to Go

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.

An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.

This Argentinian hedge maze is an intricate tribute to a famous surrealist author.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

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

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

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

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

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

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.