This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

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

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.