A moving memorial to the first flight across the Alps and its tragic outcome.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

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.

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

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.