Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.