This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

America's first public mental health facility.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

You can explore the halls of tombs in the abandoned former capital of the Zapotecs.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.