A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

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

A series of sculptures depict the actors who starred in the many cowboy movies shot in this Mexican city.

A Mexico City subway station boasts a hidden museum, complete with a working radio booth.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.