This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Historic poems about the noble act of defecating have been preserved on the wall of this old convent.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.