This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

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

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

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

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The world's largest rotating world.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.