A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

The world's longest known cave system.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

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

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

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

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

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

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

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

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

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.