Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

A massive, fading granite poem is all that remains of one Whitman superfan's tribute to the famous writer.

This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The historic Newfoundland outpost where the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable made landfall.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Carved wooden graves mark the plots at this cemetery in an old mining town.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.