This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.