The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.