Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Mexican food and folk art.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

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

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