One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

This landlocked lake is the world's largest on an island.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

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

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.