This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

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

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

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.