Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This concrete amphitheater offers an unforgettable view of one of Mexico's most beautiful canyons.

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

Inside one of Guadalajara's oldest houses, you can find puppets and foam models of the city's missing buildings.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

Likely Mexico City's most eclectic shopping mall, with its own version of the Walk of Fame.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

An abstract sculpture memorializing a student massacre that took place in 1971.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

A close look at the church's walls reveals pieces of Mexico's history.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.