In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

This aqueduct with 18th-century origins is integrated into modern life in various ways in Oaxaca.

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

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

Ever-changing museum dedicated to graffiti and contemporary street art.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.