Aguascalientes, Mexico
Automaton Clocks of Aguascalientes
Public clocks around the city chime with bullfights, cockfights, old railways, and other local traditions.
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Durango, Mexico
Benigno Montoya Funerary Art
A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.
Mexico City, Mexico
UNAM Central Library
This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.
Meyrin, Switzerland
'Wandering the Immeasurable'
CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Nataraj Statue (The CERN Shiva)
This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Birthplace of the Web
The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichen Itza Chirp
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Toledo, Spain
Museo de la Tortura
A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Hacienda del Cochero
Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.
Paris, France
Fountain of Innocents
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Capbreton, France
Capbreton Blockhouses
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
San Felipe, Mexico
Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios
During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.
Ochopee, Florida
Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Chicago, Illinois
The DNA Discovery Center
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Mexico City, Mexico
Mercado San Juan
CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.
Toluca, Mexico
Cosmovitral Botanical Garden
Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.
Chicxulub, Mexico
Chicxulub Crater
The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
El Tepozteco
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Zurich, Switzerland
The Schwamendingen X
Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.
Basel, Switzerland
'Eine gefahrliche Uberfahrt' ('A Dangerous Crossing')
Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.
Geneva, Switzerland
Treille Promenade
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Barabas Hotel Luzern
Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.
Gland, Switzerland
Villa Rose
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
