A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

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

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

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

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.