This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.