This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.