Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

This is one really big nut.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

Drift through underground caves on a tube.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.