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These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

The ruins of a 16th-century Spanish convent tell a forgotten history.

It might look like a doghouse, but this small structure was actually built to house a spirit from Maya mythology.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

The tombstone epitaph of Millicent Milroy commemorates her "marriage" to King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor.

This metal sculpture is a tribute to the Canadian Pacific Railway, which had a station in the village that has now been converted into a library.

At a bridge over the Humber river, markers show the effects of the deadliest hurricane in Canadian history.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

A massive, fading granite poem is all that remains of one Whitman superfan's tribute to the famous writer.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

This water-locked cliff face is covered in hundreds of ancient pictographs.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

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

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.