Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

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.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.