This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

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

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.