A fort of historic failures where the island's colonial powers first collided.

Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

This massive circular sculpture may not be a portal to other worlds, but it does inspire the mind to imagine them.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

History is on display in this hall, which has served as the seat of city government for centuries.

Founded by a Basque immigrant, Mexico City's oldest bakery has a history dating back to 1870.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.