Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

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

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

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

The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.

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

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

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

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

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

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A massive, fading granite poem is all that remains of one Whitman superfan's tribute to the famous writer.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.