Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Worship at the altar of seafood at this fish-and-chip shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.