A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

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

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.