All Places in Costa Rica

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

This Costa Rican chapel is the most metal church in the world, literally.