The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

A lone bronze figure stands in memory of historic a 19th century land grab.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.