This highly specific museum documents the electrical history of Manitoba.

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

Where the dead once lay, art now plays.

An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Former Toronto home of the author who wrote, “The medium is the message.”

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.

Commemorating Frankfurt's Jewish community and 11,908 victims of the Holocaust.