Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

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

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

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

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

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.