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

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.