The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

Former Toronto home of the author who wrote, “The medium is the message.”

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.