The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

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.

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

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

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

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

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

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 sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.