Places raquel9e Wants to Go

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.