An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

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.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.