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

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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.

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.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

This Art-Deco-styled, former indoor public bath is now a museum.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

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

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.