Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
In San Telmo, beneath a house from 1830, a labyrinth of tunnels and cisterns tells four centuries of underground Buenos Aires.
Jun 28, 2026
The UNAM's Espacio Escultórico in Mexico City: 64 stone prisms around a sea of lava from the Pedregal. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
A cobbled little square with a chapel from 1530 in the Roma Norte of CDMX: the ancient islet of Aztacalco and the set of Los Olvidados.
Jun 28, 2026
In Tlalpan, near Perisur, a rare 2,700-year-old circular pyramid preserved by the lava of the Xitle volcano. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
At Justo Sierra 71, behind a neo-colonial facade, a replica of a temple in Šiauliai: Mexico's only Sinagoga Histórica.
Jun 28, 2026
In Williamsburg, a civic museum in a storefront window: dentures from Dead Horse Bay, World's Fair memorabilia, and a shrine to Jackie Robinson.
Jun 28, 2026
In NoMad, behind a garden, the Church of the Transfiguration: English Gothic from 1849, a lych-gate, and the story of New York's actors.
Jun 28, 2026
Greenacre Park, Turtle Bay: a 25-foot waterfall in a vest-pocket park at 217 E 51st St, a gift from the Rockefellers in 1971.
Jun 28, 2026
Above 55 Water Street, an acre of lawn and wood suspended over the Financial District: views of the East River, used almost only by office workers.
Jun 28, 2026