Bridgeport, Connecticut
Gustave Whitehead Fountain
This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Mulgrave-et-Derry, Québec
What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Glover, Vermont
Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.
Shelburne, Vermont
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.
Montreal, Québec
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Montreal, Québec
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
Montreal, Québec
Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.
Montreal, Québec
Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Montreal, Québec
The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.