Montreal, Québec
Oratoire St. Joseph
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
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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
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Montreal, Québec
Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Hamburg, Germany
Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.
Folkestone, England
These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.
Savannah, Georgia
Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.
Richmond, Virginia
The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.
Atlanta, Georgia
The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'
Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.
Prague, Czechia
This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Elmira, New York
A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.
Silvis, Illinois
Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.
Darmstadt, Germany
The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.
Riga, Latvia
This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
Venosa, Italy
The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.
Colobraro, Italy
Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.
Trassenheide, Germany
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
Budapest, Hungary
This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.