Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

This boulder commemorates thousands of Irish immigrants that were victims of "ship fever."

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

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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.

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

A striking steel sculpture that was moved to an out-of-the-way location.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.