Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The stoutest tree in the world.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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

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.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

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

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

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

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

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

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.