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

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

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

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

The site of detentions and torture under the Pinochet regime in Chile is now a memorial.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.