North America

Chicago

The architectural capital of the American Midwest, on Lake Michigan

Guatemala City

Guatemala's capital, the largest city in Central America

Havana

Cuba's capital, a faded baroque port on the Caribbean

Houston

Texas's sprawling energy capital, on the Gulf coastal plain

Los Angeles

The sprawling capital of American entertainment, beneath the San Gabriels

Mexico City

Mexico's vast high-altitude capital, built on a drained Aztec lake

Miami

Florida's subtropical gateway between the Americas

Monterrey

Mexico's industrial powerhouse, beneath the Sierra Madre

Montreal

Canada's great French-speaking city, on an island in the St. Lawrence

New York City

America's largest city, a global capital of finance and culture

Panama City

Panama's capital, a glass skyline beside the canal

San Francisco

California's hilly bay city, capital of the tech economy

Santo Domingo

The oldest European city in the Americas, capital of the Dominican Republic

Toronto

Canada's largest city, a multicultural metropolis on Lake Ontario

Vancouver

Canada's Pacific gateway, between the sea and the Coast Mountains

Washington, D.C.

The capital of the United States, a planned city on the Potomac