World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

A spring water stream jumps through a walkable "bridge" cavern and a narrow canyon.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

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

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

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.