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Cahuita, Costa Rica

Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
nbj914 Added by nbj914
El Rosario, Mexico

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Added by E Alvarado Reyes
Belize

Great Blue Hole

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
anhie Added by anhie
Ambergris Caye, Belize

Shark Ray Alley

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

Semuc Champey

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.
Added by frittsra
Zunil, Guatemala

Las Fuentes Georginas

Volcanically heated hot springs.
serflac Added by serflac
Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Chichicastenango Cemetery

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
Added by lcbudd14
Mexico City, Mexico

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House Studio Museum

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.
Ike Allen Added by Ike Allen
Xilitla, Mexico

Las Pozas

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Added by Marc
Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
serflac Added by serflac
Naucalpan, Mexico

El Nido de Quetzalcóatl

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
KirstenCunningham Added by KirstenCunningham
Mexico City, Mexico

La Casa Azul

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
serflac Added by serflac
Islas Marietas, Mexico

Hidden Beach

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Added by sg495
Derby, Vermont

Haskell Free Library and Opera House

This unusual building straddles two countries.
Added by renkessler
Keeseville, New York

Ausable Chasm

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
New York, New York

Fraunces Tavern

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
katiebaker4 Added by katiebaker4
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

The Village of Monsanto

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
serflac Added by serflac
Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Poster Museum

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.
AdamTKincaid Added by AdamTKincaid
Warsaw, Poland

The Neon Museum

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Added by burningtree
Zurich, Switzerland

MFO Park

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Baku, Azerbaijan

Heydar Aliyev Center

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
Added by William J
Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.
tralfamadore Added by tralfamadore