This unusual building straddles two countries.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

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

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

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

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.