An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.