Step beyond the pyramid of Kukulkán and past the rows of crumbling columns, and you'll find a place where time runs deeper than stone. Nestled in the northern corner of Chichén Itzá lies a sinkhole shrouded not just in jungle vines—but in centuries of blood, belief, and buried secrets.

Strasbourg is one of those places that feels like it belongs in two worlds at once—because it kind of does. Nestled on the eastern edge of France, right by the German border, Strasbourg is a beautiful contradiction. Think timber-framed houses that look straight out of a Grimm fairytale, but also sleek political buildings like the European Parliament.