A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.

A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.

Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

The end appears to be nigh for the world's fourth-longest floating bridge.

The largest market in Guyana, designed and built by the Edge Moor Iron Company of Delaware.

Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.

Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

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

An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.

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.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.