This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

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