Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

One of the first sewers in the Americas.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

The first hospital in the New World.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.