This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

Mexico's second-tallest monument, now half-hidden in a private residential complex.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

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

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

A hotel masquerading as a medieval castle overlooks a Mexican city.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This larger-than-life golden statue pays tribute to this town's old and new trades.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

The grounds of this former dairy hacienda now contain an entire town inspired by Tuscany, Italy.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.