These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

Tour a Cold War-era U.S. military missile launch site in Anchorage.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.

A cenote sitting in the middle of a parking lot shows the Yucatán Peninsula at its most urbanized.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

This mid-century mural portrays humankind's spiritual and scientific journey.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Its exhibits are dedicated to educating the public about state terrorism in Mexico.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

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

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

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

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.