Places Wanderer 2202 Wants to Go

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

Concrete construction materials turned into a fashionable capsule hotel in rural Mexico.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

The stoutest tree in the world.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.