A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A modern feminist movement has brought to life the mural that machismo once denied to artist María Izquierdo.

Legend says that these centuries-old trees, which pre-date their nearby church, were planted by monks.

A glamorous octogenarian chef-owner serves rare Istmeño specialties in a tropical garden.

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl in this market east of Oaxaca’s historic center.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

The former home of a conniving 17th century politician is now a high-end hotel.

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

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

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.