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.
Category: Urban
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.
Chicharrones
🔍 Chicharrones 🥓 📍 Puriscal, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 In Costa Rica, chicharrones aren’t the thin fried pork rinds you might picture — they’re chunks of pork belly fried until crispy outside and tender inside, usually piled high with tortillas, yuca, and pico…
Herb-Crusted Chicken with Roasted Vegetables & Linguine
🔍 Herb-Crusted Chicken with Roasted Vegetables & Linguine 🍗 📍 Connecticut, USA 🇺🇸 💬 This plate leans into rustic American comfort food — pan-seared chicken finished with a garlic-herb topping, a medley of roasted carrots, cipollini onions, and charred cauliflower, all pulled together with a…
Steak with Potato Gnocchi in White Sauce
🔍 Steak with Potato Gnocchi in White Sauce 🍝 📍 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 🇧🇷 💬 This creamy classic is a legacy of Italian immigration to Brazil — gnocchi in cream sauce became such a household staple that many Brazilian families serve it with a side…
Chinese-Style Fried Rice with Char Siu
🔍 Chinese-Style Fried Rice with Char Siu 🍚 📍 San José, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Char siu fried rice began as a clever way to use up day-old rice in Cantonese kitchens — stir-frying it hot and fast with leftover barbecued pork turned…
Lexus LFA, 2009
🔍 2009 Lexus LFA 🏎️ 📍 Escazú, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This isn’t a real LFA on wheels — it’s “Crystallized Wind,” a full-size acrylic sculpture of the car built by architect Sou Fujimoto, first unveiled at Milan Design Week in 2009.
1980-1990 Ford F-350 (Box Truck Conversion)
🔍 1980-1990 Ford F-350 (Box Truck Conversion) 🚚 📍 Puntarenas, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This retired F-350 got a second life as a mobile Churchill stand — Costa Rica’s beloved shaved ice, ice cream, and condensed milk dessert, often piled with fruit and served beachside.
International 4900 (Fire Truck), 2001
🔍 2001 International 4900 (Fire Truck) 🚒 📍 San José, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This truck’s chassis started life as a heavy-duty commercial hauler — the International 4900 was more commonly seen pulling dump bodies and box trucks before departments like Bomberos de…