Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

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

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

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

These boots are made for selfies.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.