Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Among the cliffs of the Elora Gorge is an oft-overlooked piece of celebratory graffiti.

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

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

A rustic house where intellectuals and investors tried to put an end to Cold War nuclear armament.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

The once-booming fox ranching industry has left its mark on Prince Edward Island.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.