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

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

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

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.