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

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

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

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

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

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

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

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

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.