If you've ever dreamed of stepping into a postcard — all **colorful clapboard houses**, fishing boats bobbing on a breezy harbor, and old-timey shops that smell faintly of sea salt and wood polish — you might want to point your compass toward **Lunenburg**, Nova Scotia. This **UNESCO World Heritage Site** isn’t just a pretty face. It’s a living, breathing museum of Canada’s maritime past — where pirates once prowled the nearby waters, schooners were born, and every street whispers a salty tale.

Somewhere in the vibrant chaos of Tepito — one of Mexico City’s most notorious neighborhoods — there’s a quiet corner that draws people in like a spiritual magnet. Candles flicker, skulls glimmer in the dim light, and offerings of tequila, cigarettes, and candy pile up around a robed skeletal figure. This is La Santa Muerte, the “Saint of Death,” and she’s unlike anything you’ve seen in a Catholic church.