The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.