Places Vidiot Wants to Go

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana’s Morro Castle Historic Park.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.