A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

The stoutest tree in the world.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

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

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

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

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.