This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This monument marking the center of Mexico might be more political than geographical.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

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

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This art shopping center still boasts pieces of its past as a textile factory.

The ruins of an ancient pyramid built by the mysterious Chupícuaro civilization.

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

Dedicated to one of the most iconic cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

A hotel masquerading as a medieval castle overlooks a Mexican city.