This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

World's largest Christmas store.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

A sacred Ojibwe site covered in pictographs next to Lake Superior.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the province of Ontario.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.