Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

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

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

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

Named after a Mexican president, who once lived nearby, this park in a residential Mexico City neighborhood packs a whole lot of history into a small space.

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

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

A Mexico City subway station boasts a hidden museum, complete with a working radio booth.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

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

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

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

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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