A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.

Dedicated to the people of Indian Head, Saskatchewan.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.