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

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

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

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

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

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

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.