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Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

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

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery

A heritage park that explores the history and ecology of Whangārei.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.