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

Secret Swing.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The man who wasn't there.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.