Places Pengwn Wants to Go

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

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

Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

Detailed miniature models of iconic landmarks in Mexico and around the world.

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

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

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

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

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

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

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

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

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

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

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

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

This sculpture garden is a serene oasis wedged in the middle of a busy highway.