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Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

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

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

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.