Places Alpy Wants to Go

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

The remains of the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.