This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

This small, yet notable, cable-stayed bridge was built to support tourism to a series of internet-famous pink lakes.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.

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

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.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.