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Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.

A beautiful example of 18th-century engineering still standing tall.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

A mysterious, ancient collection of pre-Hispanic petroglyphs hidden deep in the Mexican desert.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

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

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.