A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.

A wall of this old hotel was decorated with drawings made of pebbles during its construction.

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

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

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

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

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

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

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.