Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This mill on Lake Erie appears to shrink as a viewer approaches thanks to an optical illusion.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.