"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

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

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.