Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

Amid lush greenery, a man-made channel peppered with graffiti that dates back to 1881.

The former textile factory is now an oasis for the arts.

This art center located in a former hydroelectric plant uses native plants to create paper for kites, bags, jewelry, and more.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

This small church is surrounded by a landscape filled with hidden Zapotec ruins.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.