Places ouroborosasunder Wants to Go

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.