It was dubbed the "Garden of Plates" because it's covered in pieces of discarded dishes.

A beautiful example of 18th-century engineering still standing tall.

This historic Mexican convent is home to a tree that grows crucifix-like thorns.

The world's first museum of its kind is packed with nostalgic relics of the past.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.