What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

A local prank turned town icon.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

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

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

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.