The giant birds honor two native North American species.

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

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

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

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

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

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

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

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

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.