The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

Created by four famous men (Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux and Thomas Story Kirkbride), the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center...but still boasts a ghost story or two!

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.