World’s Largest Oxcart Monument
🔍 La Carreta Más Grande del Mundo 🎨 📍 Sarchí, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Hand-painted by artisans of the century-old Eloy Alfaro workshop, this oxcart earned a Guinness World Record in 2006 as the largest ever built.
Month: July 2026
Palacio de Gobierno de Nuevo Leon
🔍 Palacio de Gobierno 🏛️ 📍 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico 🇲🇽 💬 Built between 1895 and 1908 from pink cantera stone hauled in from San Luis Potosí, this neoclassical palace was designed for a five-year build — and took thirteen.
Concrete Curve, Downtown Miami
🔍 Concrete Curve, Downtown Miami 🌉 📍 Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇸 💬 This elevated guideway belongs to Miami’s Metromover — one of the first automated people mover systems in the US, running driverless through downtown’s skyscrapers since 1986.
Pabellón de Niños Hallway | Sanatorio Carlos Durán
🔍 Pabellón de Niños Hallway | Sanatorio Carlos Durán 🏥 📍 Tierra Blanca, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Once the children’s ward of a 1918 tuberculosis sanatorium, this corridor now sits abandoned — its walls layered with painted handprints left by decades of visitors.
Gazebo | Pueblo Antiguo
🔍 Gazebo | Pueblo Antiguo 🏛️ 📍 La Uruca, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Tucked inside Parque Diversiones’ “Pueblo Antiguo,” this ornate two-tier kiosk pays tribute to the Victorian-style bandstands found in Costa Rica’s town squares — rooster weathervane and all.
Goldfish Plant
🔍 Goldfish Plant | Columnea sp. 🌺 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Shaped like a curled goldfish, this epiphyte dangles from mossy branches, luring in hummingbirds with its fiery, speckled throat.
Four O’Clock Flower
🔍 Four O’Clock Flower | Mirabilis jalapa 🌸 📍 Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This bloom only opens at dusk and wilts by dawn — a fleeting nightly show staged just for moths.
Wax Begonia
🔍 Wax Begonia | Begonia cucullata 🌸 📍 Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Wax begonias keep blooming almost non-stop — one plant can flower year-round in the right climate, which is exactly why they’re a garden favorite in Costa Rica.
Red Ginger
🔍 Red Ginger | Alpinia purpurata 🌺 📍 Orosi, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Those vivid red “petals” aren’t petals at all — they’re bracts, with the true flowers being tiny white blooms tucked between them.
White Buttercup
🔍 White Buttercup | Turnera subulata 🌼 📍 Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This flower blooms for one morning only, closing by early afternoon — a fleeting show most people never catch up close.