Montreal, Québec
Biosphere of Montreal
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
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Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Cleveland, Ohio
A dazzling display of lights and crystals.
Cleveland, Ohio
The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Huntington, West Virginia
At this historic Huntington diner, a century of stories hovers over every booth.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Dover, New Hampshire
Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.
Dover, New Hampshire
A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Portland, Maine
A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.