Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico
Ex-Monastery of Santiago Apóstol
This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.
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Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico
This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.
East Lansing, Michigan
The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.
Varenna, Italy
An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.
Casar de Cáceres, Spain
A cheese discovery made by shepherds became the pride of a region.
India
A grassroots collection showcasing personal objects of family members separated by the post-1971 border between India and Pakistan.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.
Szentendre, Hungary
A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.
Glasgow, Scotland
These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Austin, Texas
Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Burnet, Texas
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Houston, Texas
An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
Houston, Texas
A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.