The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

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

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

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

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

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

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

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

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

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

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.