These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.

A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

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

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

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

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

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

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

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