Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

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

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.