Places Renate Wants to Go

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

A solemn, monumental, kitschy palace of worship honoring victory in the Great Patriotic War.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

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

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

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

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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.

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

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

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