Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.