A honeycomb-like structure of interlocking shelves creates a beehive of books.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

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

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

This small figurine of a bear tells us a lot about the value of jewels and funerary practices in Roman Britannia.

Bangkok's take on the High Line is a park on a traffic bridge above the iconic Chao Phraya River.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.