This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

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

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

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.