Montreal, Québec
Farine Five Roses Sign
Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.
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Montreal, Québec
Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.
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.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Brookline, Massachusetts
This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
Boston, Massachusetts
This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.
Boston, Massachusetts
What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Austin, Texas
Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.