A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

Museum dedicated to the largest battleship ever built.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.