Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

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.

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

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

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A former church transformed into a public library.

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

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

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

This sculpture is a cross between an observatory and an earth mound to honor the community's rich history.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.