Places pegfoen Wants to Go

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

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

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

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

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.

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

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.