Mérida, Mexico
Cenote Xlacah
One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.
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Mérida, Mexico
One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.
Izamal, Mexico
An abandoned train station still stands as a testament to the region's industrial and transport history.
Pomuch, Mexico
Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.
Tikal, Guatemala
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.
Tikal, Guatemala
The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.
Tikal, Guatemala
Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.
Tikal, Guatemala
These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.
Champa, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.
Cozumel, Mexico
The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.
José MarÃa Morelos, Mexico
Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.
Leeward Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands
Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.
Oslo, Norway
Over 4500 valuable bibles are safely tucked away in this museum in central Oslo.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.
Dublin, Ireland
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
Detroit, Michigan
Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.
Detroit, Michigan
This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Detroit, Michigan
The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.
Seville, Ohio
In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.
Rovaniemi, Finland
This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Doha, Qatar
Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.
Erie, Michigan
This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
Jerusalem Township, Ohio
Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.