Naucalpan, Mexico
El Nido de Quetzalcóatl
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
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Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Naucalpan, Mexico
This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.
Villahermosa, Mexico
This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.
Chicxulub, Mexico
The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Tikal, Guatemala
The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.
George Town, Cayman Islands
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Runaway Bay, Jamaica
The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario
The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.
Lloydminster, Alberta
This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Molson, Washington
This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
Whistler, British Columbia
An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.
Alberta
The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.
Improvement District No. 12, Alberta
Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."