The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

The magic's in the hole!

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

The world's most remote airport.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

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