Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.