Places theworldinaframe Wants to Go

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

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.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.