One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

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.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

World's largest Christmas store.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.