A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.