Places NG3894 Wants to Go

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

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.

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

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

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.